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#148,402
Miles_ONeal said:
Do you always wear your THUNDERBIRD to go shopping? Gonna have to try that.
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LOL - it's an effective yardstick for proper social distancing since it can be used as a weapon on those that don't stand back. :roflmao:

Seriously, lately I've gotten rather testy when in checkout lines with people who ignore the six foot markers on the floor. A few days ago I had some lady's kids running all around me and touching every candy bar on the checkout line shelf at the grocery store. Wish I had my TBird with me, somebody would have got the message.;)
 
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#148,403
Miles_ONeal said:
A mudbucker, a Model One, and a bolt-on Epibird walk into a bar.
The mudbucker looks at the Jazz pickup behind the bar and says, "Let's make some music." The bartender points to a sign behind the bar that says, "NO CHEESY PICKUP LINES".
The Model One winks at the Jazz and says, "You're not even wearing a G string." The bartender takes the sign off the wall and uses it to slap the Model One clean off his barstool.
The bartender looks up at the Epi, who says in a low, thunderous voice, "Pardon my friends' bass attitude. A round for everyone in the house."
The Jazz winks up at the Epi. "Now that's my kind of pickup line."
The Epi shakes his headstock. "Sorry. You're not my type. Too thin."
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That's great!
 
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GBassNorth said:
LOL - it's an effective yardstick for proper social distancing since it can be used as a weapon on those that don't stand back. :roflmao:

Seriously, lately I've gotten rather testy when in checkout lines with people who ignore the six foot markers on the floor. A few days ago I had some lady's kids running all around me and touching every candy bar on the checkout line shelf at the grocery store. Wish I had my TBird with me, somebody would have got the message.;)
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It's scary how many still cough and hack out in public and never attempt to cover their pie hole. Did they just wake up stupid or were they born that way? Never mind.....
 
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GonePlaid said:
I knew a UB player that had one(12"?). Sounded good for him, sounded like crap for my TBird.
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I used mine as a practice amp mostly but paired it with an SWR 15" combo amp a few times live. Was just ok.
 
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Motörhead - No Remorse. In leather cover.

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Bassmike62 said:
Seen this morning on the FB Thunderbird Bass Players Group.
1st time I've seen one of these.

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Awesome! A broken headstock AND a broken back - LOL.
Actuall, I envy the player that can effortlessly switch between playing guitar and bass and has a back strong enough to strap this on for a full set.
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
Thanks JIO! PTones are an interesting topic. You are right, they were the craze with the upright guys when they came out, in fact I saw my first one being played by Ray Brown. Like on 360s the power amp was mounted at the bottom of the enclosure and the preamp on top. The amps actually sounded pretty good for what they were imho, unfortunately that mounting scheme created problems due to the vibration of the speaker rattling components loose, causing arcing and ultimately bad smoky, sparky failures. This was one of the main reasons for their demise imo...
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Yeah, but what a show!:rolleyes:
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
Early Kalamazoo Model One and Model Two amps had a 1K to 1.5K power supply resistor at the output tube's screen grid. These tended to overheat. Rather than go to a larger resistor, CMI just upped the value to 2.2k or 3.3k (seemingly at random), reducing the power dissipated while keeping their cost the same. I never heard of one that actually failed because of this.
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A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I gotta amp, a Kalamazoo.(with apologies to Glenn Miller, Tex Beneke, et al)
 
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